Babylonstoren

Client Brief

Babylonstoren is situated near Franschhoek and dates back to 1692. The fortunes of this historic fruit and wine farm took a turn when it fell under the gaze of former magazine editor Karen Roos. Her passion for historic Cape Dutch style led to an authentic yet contemporary restoration that projects the farm into the future.

Babylonstoren offers a range of sophisticated guest accommodation. We were tasked with designing and printing a range of newspapers for hotel guests. The set consisted of English and Afrikaans versions released on a monthly basis, with the aim of informing guests about upcoming workshops and events on the farm.

Our Solution

We received beautiful illustrations from artist Lucie De Moyencourt to be used on each month’s cover. These newspapers were printed in one colour on newsprint to provide a proper newspaper feel.

The initial layout was developed in a way that allowed it to function as a template, making it easy to update the content each month while maintaining visual consistency across both language versions.